Nov 3rd 09 Posted by karen

Melbourne Cup: Shocking Finish

It was a rather unexpected finish to the Melbourne Cup yesterday with Shocking taking first place followed by Crime Scene and Mourilyan. So it was training Mark Kavanagh rather than Bart Cummings who took center stage at Flemington. It’s likely that Shocking will now receive invitations to race all over the world, in places like Dubai. It was finally a bitter sweet victory for the jockey, Corey Brown,... read more

Oct 30th 09 Posted by karen

The Race that Stops the Nation

Well that’s what the Melbourne Cup is otherwise known as in Australia and will be taking place this coming Tuesday. Not only is it Australia’s most famous race but it’s the richest and most prestigious annual horse racing event in the world with a distance of 3200m. It is billed as ‘the race that stops the nation’ because literally millions of people around the country stopping what they are... read more